Branding-iron furnace



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G. H. PARSONS BRANDING IRON FURNACE Filed Dec. 2, 1929 zlrn E...

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GEORG-E H. Pans o/ws/ BY 04A.- f @M701 H/S A TTORNEY.

Patented @on 231, 1933 iafr cette@ This invention relates to devices used for heat--v ing branding-irons.

One of the objects of this invention is topro-- vide a furnace or heating place that' can be trans-n ported conveniently to any place where branding vanced heating rnaterialis close to the' grate and thereby close'to any' branding-iron placed into the furnace from the'top side of such irons.`

Anothe" object is to provide such,aiurnaceV with a' tiltable grate'whereby'preheated or preignited material can be caused to drop into a lower heating chaniberso aslto heat an vinserted branding-iron from below,Y the whole structure tendingtoheat an inserted ironrom all'sides withoutgreat eiorts and yfor consecutive uses.

Another' objectisto provide means whereby heating material can De regulated and controlled from tleont'side oi the furnace.

@ther objects will appear from the ollowng description and appended claims as well as from vthe accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. l is a side elevation partly broken away to show inside parte oi a furnace with a tiltalole grate and with a branding-iron in a proper position to be heated according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation o the furnace of Fig. l. illustrating the wide but shallow front opening through lwhich a desirable number of branding-irons can be inserted into the furnace spread out over the heating material under the tilting grate.

3 is a fragmentary detail illustration of the tiltahle grate in tilted position.

Branding is customarily done in the open eld or at least at places where there is no convenient means to heat the branding-irons properly, and quite generally the heating of the irons is performed over open aires, which, of course, is not at all comfortable or pleasant i .asrnuch as considerable heat is reauired for Me heating of the irons eo that at cult 'to approach the lire close enough to properly place or remove the irons.

The principal vention is there i protects the operator against the heat from-the furnace and still offers' af suitably wide surface" over which a desired number oi' irons' canbe spreiden conveniently? 'A "lustrate`d`, the furnace" consists principally ous'in'gl 4j the" lo'werg'ratef 5 and" *6.* Thefrontrside-oftle nous-1 idedwitli an opening'l through which" iron" may' bedisposedfin!" the 'furnace dlc'a ed'fat'' i proper'and' duicleheatingfof the apreferably" designedI A. on the oth'ei" ;and,.can not' be assur'dif theheat`V ing'rnateriaL4 such ascoal or wood, is piled'over the top'or" the irons;

With thisv mind;V to vfacilitate a handling in a? desirablefmanner; the whole-structure or device.I

designed sothatthe heating material can be causedvto'drop' to'l a' certain'levelbelow one 'grate' upon second' grate; va lslight evening or straightening-"'for'ilattening'f out oiy such dropped heating material may, of course",l be necessary fromtirne totin'ie, `thewhole(arrangenient being partly autorn'a'tidtox maintain' a' comparatively even Ere;

' Thegrate-"I Gf is therefore' preferably: mount'edf swingably as at the pivot points indicated at 9 at or near the rear edge of the grate, while connecting links 1G are provided to support the front edge of the grate. A lever 11 is swingably mounted at 12 and pivotally engaged at 13 by means of short lever portions 14 to the links l0 and thereby to the grate 6 at the pivot points 15 at or near the front edge of the grate. n

A shield 16 is provided on Vthe iront edge of the grate by which a certain amount of heating material is held on the grate and which also tends to protect the operator from the heat while handling branding irons.

This tilting grate can be moved to the position illustrated in Fig. 3 so that the heating material can be caused to drop from the grate up to a small remaining portion as indicated at 17, the larger portion of the heating material dropping over `the rear edge 18 into the lower compartment of the furnace to be maintained at about the level indicated at 19 in Fig. 1.

At this level the larger body of the heating material is eventually flattened out from time to time in such a manner as to leave'only a narrow space between the underside of the grate 6 and the top surface of the accumulated heating material at 19 in order to assure' a heating loo" of an inserted branding iron from all sides in the possibly shortest time.

Inasmuch as a comparatively narrow opening is left between the edge 20 of the opening in the front side of the housing 4. and the lower front edge of the grate 6 a radiaton of heat from the heating material in the furnace is reduced to a minimum so as to enable an operator to place the branding irons advantageously and remove them conveniently.

The whole device is mounted on legs 21 to provide room for a suitable draft through the lower grate 5.

A door 22 is provided in one of the sides of the housing through which fresh heating material can be added to the burning and already ignited material at 17 on the upper tiltable grate, to be dropped again at suitable intervals into the lower vcompartment as stated above.

The Iiue 23 serves to assure a proper draft through the whole furnace.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a furnace for heating branding-irons and the like, a housing having an opening in one side through which an article may be inserted to be heated, the opening having a lower edge at a certain level above which the article is heated, a grate for holding a heating medium and mounted in the housing closely above said edge, and means below said edge for holding another1 heating medium up tosaid level so that the inserted article may be supported by Said second-named heating medium and embedded therein closely below the first-named heating medium and said grate and visible through said opening.

2. In a furnace for heating branding-irons and the like, a housing having an opening in one side through which an article may be inserted to be heated at a level near the lower edge of the opening, a grate mounted in the housing closely above said edge for holding heating matter, and means also disposed in the housing below said edge for holding another heating matter up to said level so that the inserted article may be supported by said second-named body of heating matter and embedded therein closely below the rst-named heating matter Yand below said grate and visible through said opening, the said grate being swingably mounted for discharging a portion of its burning heating matter for replenishing the second-named heating matter up to said level. Y

3. In a furnace for heating branding-irons and the like, a housing having an opening in one side through which an article may be inserted to be heated at a level near the lower edge of the opening, a grate mounted in the housing closely above said edge for holding burning heating matter, means also disposed in the housing below said edge for holding another body or" burning heating matter whereby an inserted article may be supported by said second-named body of heating matter and embedded therein closely beu low the rst-named heating matter below said grate and visible through said opening, the said grate being swingably mounted for discharging a portion oi its burning heating matter at a time for replenishing the second-named heating matter up to said level, and a supply door in the housing above said grate for charging heating matter onto said grate.

4. In a furnace for heating branding-irons and the like, a housing having an opening in one side through which an article may be inserted to be heated at a level near the lower edge of the opening, a grate mounted in the housing closely above said edge for holding burning heating matter, means also disposed in the housing below said edge to hold another body of burn ing heating matter whereby the inserted article may be supported by said second named body of heating matter and embedded therein closely below the irst-named heating matter and below said grate and visible through said opening, the said grate being swingably mounted for discharging its burning` heating matter and for re plenishing the second-named heating matter up to said level, a supply door in the housing above said grate for charging heating matter onto said grate, and a shield on said grate along and above the swinging edge adjacent said opening and forming a part-closing means for the opening.

GEORGE H. PARSONS.

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